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The Viennese Radical

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): 1/5. The Viennese Radical: Donald Macleod assesses Schoenberg's position as a musical outsider in turn of the century Vienna.

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

1/5. The Viennese Radical

Donald Macleod assesses Schoenberg's position as an outsider in turn-of-the-century Vienna, with the battle lines between the composer and the critics drawn almost from the beginning.

Erwartung (song)
Mitsuko Shirai (mezzo-soprano)
Hartmut Holl (piano)

String Quartet in D (2nd mvt)
Arditti String Quartet

Verklarte Nacht
Donald McInnes (viola)
Jonathan Pegis (cello)
LaSalle Quartet

Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd (Melodram) (Gurrelieder)
Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone/sprecher)
Runkfunkchor Berlin
MDR Rundfunkchor, Leipzig
Ernst Senff Chor Berlin
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor).

1 hour

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Mon 17 Mar 2008 20:45

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